In Magdeburg, where a car drove into a crowd of people at a Christmas market last night, a rally is being held calling for the deportation of illegal immigrants. The demonstrators blame current German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and former Chancellor Angela Merkel for the incident. The event was organized by the far right.
In Magdeburg, where a car drove into a crowd of people at a Christmas market last night, a rally is being held calling for the deportation of illegal immigrants. The demonstrators blame current German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and former Chancellor Angela Merkel for the incident. The event was organized by the far right.
Recently, Durav wrote on his Telegram channel that users' right to privacy, in light of the war in Ukraine, is "sacred, now more than ever." This ability to mix the public and the private, as well as the ability to use bots to engage with users has proved to be problematic. In early 2021, a database selling phone numbers pulled from Facebook was selling numbers for $20 per lookup. Similarly, security researchers found a network of deepfake bots on the platform that were generating images of people submitted by users to create non-consensual imagery, some of which involved children. "The result is on this photo: fiery 'greetings' to the invaders," the Security Service of Ukraine wrote alongside a photo showing several military vehicles among plumes of black smoke. The next bit isn’t clear, but Durov reportedly claimed that his resignation, dated March 21st, was an April Fools’ prank. TechCrunch implies that it was a matter of principle, but it’s hard to be clear on the wheres, whos and whys. Similarly, on April 17th, the Moscow Times quoted Durov as saying that he quit the company after being pressured to reveal account details about Ukrainians protesting the then-president Viktor Yanukovych. "He has to start being more proactive and to find a real solution to this situation, not stay in standby without interfering. It's a very irresponsible position from the owner of Telegram," she said.
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